Sentences with phrase «labour leader at»

But the revelation about Mr Blair's latest high - profile support - with its message that Labour has the support of business leaders - is one leak that is unlikely to worry the Labour leader at all.

MORI also asked a Best Prime Minister question — giving respondents the choice of Cameron, Kennedy or Gordon Brown, the expected Labour leader at the next election.

Ed Miliband, the Labour leader at the time, was depicted in a famous poster as being in the pocket of the former SNP first minister, Alex Salmond.

Mr Smith and Ms Eagle appeared alongside the embattled Labour leader at a hustings designed to help pick one contender.

Corbyn might actually be to the left of Michael Foot, the Labour leader at the time of the creation of the SDP.

There is just a small picture of the new Labour leader at the bottom of page 7.

Jeremy Corbyn will face calls to stand down as Labour leader at an emergency meeting of the Shadow Cabinet this morning, PoliticsHome has learned.

Streeting antagonised allies of the Labour leader at this week's meeting of the parliamentary Labour party by saying that the party was being «driven off a cliff».

If his comments had been made by a Labour leader at any other time in the past four decades they would have caused controversy, Mr Clarke insisted.

'' It is quite unfortunate that labour leaders at the national level, who ought to know better, also failed to avail themselves of the opportunity of meeting with officials ofthe state government to clear apparent misconceptions about the intention of the government,» the statement said.

FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters)- German labour leaders at General Motors» loss - making Opel unit agreed with management to the closure of the Bochum car plant at the end of 2016 in exchange for job guarantees for the 20,000 German workers in the meantime.

Not exact matches

«Having been hammered by political punters backing Jeremy Corbyn at 200/1 to be Labour leader, Donald Trump at 150/1 to be US President, Brexit and a Tory General Election victory both at 6/1, we're taking no chances this time round,» William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe said.

Today the Ontario Federation of Labour and CUPE Ontario published calculations I prepared of how Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak» s promise to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs will be felt at the local level, on cities and communities across the province.

The Labour leader called on the Government to «update» the current law at an LGBT event which also saw the Education Secretary disparage people who hold traditional views on sexuality.

The MP has become Welsh Labour's first deputy leader after the result was announced at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno.

In extraordinary scenes, at least two of his own colleagues shouted «resign» as the Labour leader addressed MPs in the Commons chamber.

But it seems that Farron is on good terms with at least one senior Labour MP touted as a possible future leader of the party.

The chair of the communities and local government committee, whose Sheffield South East constituency borders Rotherham, said the failure to implement child protection policies means at least one officer should join Labour's council leader Roger Stone in losing their job.

The Labour leader clashed with one reporter on his doorstep and another at his press conference.

John Reid today raised the odds that he might stand as Labour leader when he set himself out as a strong and powerful leader at the party conference in Manchester.

The Labour leader was in a self - deprecating mood over lunch, as he repeatedly poked fun at Brown and his own mistakes.

In the Commons, the Labour leader lashed out at his own MPs for «indulging in internal factional manoeuvring» against him.

At various times Herbert Asquith (Liberal PM 1908 — 16), Ramsay MacDonald (Labour PM 1924 and 1929 — 35) and Michael Foot (Labour Leader 1960 — 63) have all called Hampstead home.

The Labour leader has had precisely nothing to say about foreign affairs during his time at the head of the party so he will have to forgive us now for not taking his late concern about events overseas particularly seriously.

Jeremy Corbyn — all but certain to be re-elected as Labour leader next weekend - really believes he can win the next general election, despite having the worst ever poll ratings for a leader of the opposition, not just at this stage, but at any stage, of a parliament.

Whoever is Labour leader faces a bigger nightmare in terms of managing a party that is split at least three ways.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

Speaking at a reporters» lunch in parliament, the Labour leader joked about his relationship with Gordon Brown before assuring the assembled journalists that he would be making radical proposals on overhauling the country's pension system.

But our most - read article this week found that the Labour leader managed to pull off one of his best performances yet at his head - to - head meeting with David Cameron.

At the end of last month Ed Miliband had net personal ratings of -46 % according to YouGov with 68 % of voters saying he is «doing badly» as leader of the Labour party.

Speaking at prime ministers question time yesterday Mr Cameron denied Labour leader Ed Miliband's contention that the British Medical Association, the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Midwives had rejected the health and social care bill.

The Labour leader asked: «Can she look at the effects of her decision to override what an independent court has decided and think again?»

The first is that Labour politicians, or at least leaders, use the parable with deniability.

Labour leader Ed Miliband comments on Nick Clegg's speech on income tax and Britain at «boiling point»:

The resignations come at the worst possible time for the embattled leader, who is facing a tough fight with Labour in the Stoke - on - Trent Central by - election.

As the pair went head - to - head in hustings at Gateshead, the Pontypridd MP launched a series of vehement attacks on the Labour leader.

The Labour leader, who faces a near - impossible balancing act whenever trade union demonstrations take place, refused to go on the march but gave an address at the end of it in which he promised to tax bankers» bonuses, build 100,000 houses and end the privatisation of the NHS.

Although, Mr Draper said the union wholeheartedly supported the election of a Labour government at the next general election, he urged Labour leader Ed Miliband to put clear blue water between the party and the Tories.

Labour leader Ed Miliband appeared to agree, telling the BBC: «I think it's right that parliament now looks at this.»

Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare bill at the second reading.

A spokesman for the Labour leader also shot back at Smith's EU comments: «These kinds of smears only show how little Owen Smith has to offer.

The accusations of racism, which have been levelled at both Labour and the Conservatives recently, were the focus of this week's rather ugly clash between the party leaders.

Deputy leader Tom Watson stated: «The whole of the Labour movement is devastated at Jo's death.

The Shadow Home Secretary and close ally of the Labour leader said the party was «not at this stage taking any options off the table».

Senior Labour figures Alan Johnson and Tristram Hunt are among the big names at risk if Ukip enjoys a surge in support in the north of England under new leader Paul Nuttall, according to research.

The Labour leader talked about national policies and complained about the media at first campaign event

The Labour leader attracted unusually high levels of criticism online during his interview for BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme, in which he refused to speculate on his party's performance in Thursday's local elections by declaring he is not interested in «political commentary».

Following Labour's defeat at the 2010 general election, a new intellectual movement, close to the new leader Ed Miliband, began to gain ground within the party.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: «The whole of the Labour Party and Labour family - and indeed the whole country - will be in shock at the horrific murder of Jo Cox today.

In his starkest warning yet, the Labour leader said a vote to quit the EU would put the NHS «in the hands of those who want to break it up to end it as a service free at the point of use».